Sweet Home (1989)

As a Japanese horror movie, Sweet Home (1989) has a cult following because it was released with a tie-in horror computer game from Capcom, which became the inspiration for the original Resident Evil video game. As an entry in director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s filmography, it’s different to the disturbing, eerie horror movies that would make his […]

The Net (1995)

I’ve seen the trailer for The Net (1995) a zillion times but never actually watched it from start to finish, and now having seen it, I almost didn’t need to. This is the definition of an average two star movie – watchable enough, but nothing that really sticks to your MEMORY dot RAM etc, zing. […]

Arcade (1993)

“I’m telling you, man, Virtual Reality is the way of the future!” Going further down the wormhole of science-fiction movies, specifically anything related to VR and cyberpunk, and I’m in the direct-to-video land of Full Moon Entertainment once again. Arcade (1993) is based on an original idea by Charles Band, as the opening credits inform […]

eXistenZ (1999)

Continuing the cyber-punk run I’m on by firing up a rewatch of David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999), which is up there with Dark City with cult movies overshadowed by The Matrix’s box office success. Pre-millennium video-game inspired noirish narratives about the nature of reality and its confusion with fiction; the type with strong fans who will […]

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

“Virtual Reality is the key to unlocking the human mind!” I had not watched The Lawnmower Man (1992) from start to finish, but I always felt like I had absorbed it as a teenager through osmosis due to constant repeats on Channel Ten; I also remember boys in high school talking about the sex scenes […]